Alwaght- There is no military solution to the Syria crisis, European Union foreign policy chief said on Sunday following US missile strike against Syrian army's Airbase.
"As for Syria, it was reaffirmed during the Brussels conference organized last week that there is no military solution to the crisis in Syria," Federica Mogherini said at a news conference in Algiers.
"For this issue, the European Union is very clear and very firm, there is no possibility for a military solution to the crisis," she added.
Mogherini said the United States is a friend of the EU, adding the bloc hopes the US can agree with the EU on a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
Top aides to Trump on Sunday demurred over where US policy on Syria was headed after the missile strike, leaving open questions about whether toppling Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was now one of Trump's goals.
After the attack, Trump administration officials said they were prepared to take further actions if necessary.
Trump's United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley, said the US had "multiple priorities" in Syria and that stability there was impossible with Assad as president.
Her comments appeared at odds with those of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who said the US missile strike was aimed solely at deterring the use of chemical weapons.
"There is no change to our military posture" in Syria, Tillerson said on ABC's 'This Week' program, adding once ISIS was defeated, the US could turn its attention to trying to help bring about a "political process" in Syria.
"It is through that political process that we believe the Syrian people will ... be able to decide the fate of Bashar al-Assad," Tillerson said.
